Rock The Wrinkle https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/ Really enjoy your 50+ life! Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:08:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 76595038 https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/learn-baby-learn/ Learn, Baby, Learn. https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/970160222/0/rockthewrinkle~Learn-Baby-Learn/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/970160222/0/rockthewrinkle~Learn-Baby-Learn/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:08:06 +0000 https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/?p=11422 Our brains. They like it best when we’re putting them to the test. And over a lifetime, we do it a lot. Deadlines, obligations, puzzles, literature, theories. Quarterly reports. Budgets. Carpooling schedules. The IRS. The parking lot at Costco. And more irritating challenges such as why your...

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They like it best when we’re putting them to the test.

And over a lifetime, we do it a lot. Deadlines, obligations, puzzles, literature, theories. Quarterly reports. Budgets. Carpooling schedules.

The IRS. The parking lot at Costco.

And more irritating challenges such as...

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]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/970160222/0/rockthewrinkle~Learn-Baby-Learn/feed/ 0 11422 https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/retire-from-what/ Retire from what? https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/958061369/0/rockthewrinkle~Retire-from-what/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/958061369/0/rockthewrinkle~Retire-from-what/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:38:53 +0000 https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/?p=10002 Finally I reached the mountaintop…or at least as high as my knees would allow me to go. Retirement. After working more years than most of the people I encounter each day have been alive, I pulled the plug. And it’s been weird. For sure, it’s been a wonderful thing to not have to...

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Finally I reached the mountaintop…or at least as high as my knees would allow me to go. Retirement.

After working more years than most of the people I encounter each day have been alive, I pulled the plug.

And it’s been weird.

For sure, it’s been a wonderful thing to...

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]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/958061369/0/rockthewrinkle~Retire-from-what/feed/ 2 10002 https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/a-boomers-gratitude-wish-list-for-2026/ Boomer’s gratitude/wish list for 2026 https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/929691734/0/rockthewrinkle~Boomers-gratitudewish-list-for/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:24:01 +0000 https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/?p=8879 It’s the season to stop and be grateful for everything we have, and to remember we are just like our neighbors, whether they’re next door or around the world. We all could use a physical, spiritual and mental hug. I’m a realist, but I’m also an optimist, so I’m going to stay...

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It’s the season to stop and be grateful for everything we have, and to remember we are just like our neighbors, whether they’re next door or around the world. We all could use a physical, spiritual and mental hug.

I’m a realist, but I’m also an optimist, so I’m going to stay...

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]]> 8879 https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/resisting-despair/ Resisting despair. https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/914144246/0/rockthewrinkle~Resisting-despair/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:50:26 +0000 https://www.rockthewrinkle.com/?p=7375 I have hesitated to write a blog in many months for one reason:  I could not even begin to find the words for what is going on in the world. I have always wanted to keep politics out of this space, but that’s become impossible because what is happening is about more than who a […]

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]]> I have hesitated to write a blog in many months for one reason: I could not even begin to find the words for what is going on in the world. I have always wanted to keep politics out of this space, but that’s become impossible because what is happening is about more than who a person voted for,...

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